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TIL in 2009, a 9yo girl suffered a life-threatening pregnancy as a result of being repeatedly raped by her Step-Father. After the pregnancy was terminated, the performing Doctor and the girl’s mother were excommunicated by the Catholic Church. The Step-Father was not.

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